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chelatase

chelatase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes chelation, especially that of a specified metal ion.

Noun

chelatase (plural chelatases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes chelation, especially that of a specified metal ion
    • The properties of these zinc-protoporphyrin chelatases, particularly the one in R. spheroides, are described in detail and their possible metabolic functions discussed.1964, A Neuberger, “Studies on the biosynthesis of porphyrin and bacteriochlorophyll by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. 5. Zinc–protoporphyrin chelatase”, in Biochemical Journal

Forms of chelatase

pluralchelatases

Origin of chelatase

From chelate + -ase.

Words formed from chelatase

Questions about chelatase

What does chelatase mean?
Chelatase means any enzyme that catalyzes chelation, especially that of a specified metal ion.
What part of speech is chelatase?
Chelatase is a noun.
What is the plural of chelatase?
The plural of chelatase is chelatases.

Words near chelatase in the dictionary

  1. chelandion
  2. chelandions
  3. chelas
  4. chelaship
  5. chelatable
  6. chelatase
  7. chelatases
  8. chelate
  9. chelate complex
  10. chelate complexes
  11. chelate compound

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